With the beauty of art and the precision of science, we are an international collective of thinkers who partner with customers to bring scents, tastes, experiences, ingredients and solutions for products the world craves. We’re working at the cutting edge of artistry and science to apply new discoveries at every opportunity. As a global leader in value-added ingredients we have an extensive and diverse portfolio of products to help you create extraordinary sensorial experiences regardless of the category. We supply the food and beverage, home and personal care, and health and wellness end markets with innovative solutions that allow them to create the products consumers know and love.
Our portfolio was built with our customers in mind. Many of our products are used synergistically with one another, allowing us to offer truly end-to-end solutions. But we are more than just a portfolio of products. We also have best-in-class commercial and operations teams that meet our customers’ needs throughout the entire product life-cycle.
Our Purpose: Applying science and creativity for a better world.
Creating a better world at IFF means understanding how we can leverage our business, performance and partners to Do More Good for people and planet. At the same time, our colleagues are galvanized to rethink conventional wisdom and to embrace their role in contributing to a better world where possibilities are endless. We are proud of how our responsibilities to people, planet and product are translating into progress.
We can build a brighter future, together. We’re on a mission not just to do better, but to cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace with a vibrant culture, engage our colleagues, and empower our leaders.
Our employees push beyond traditional boundaries—applying science and innovation to create a better world and a more sustainable future while expanding our customers’ opportunities. We respect, engage and empower – starting with our own sphere of influence, we contribute to a safe, equitable and inclusive world. We want you to be part of it.
Our vision is to be the partner for essential solutions—bringing unmatched innovation, agility and leading-edge insight together to meet customer needs, while playing a vital role in the global food, beverage, beauty, household and personal care and pharmaceutical supply chains. Every day provides us an opportunity to bring our most creative visions to life.
Job Description
Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leader in taste offering customers a broader range of solutions for the food & beverage industry?
We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to join our Creation & Design (C&D) team as Flavorist, Sweet.
Your Focus
As a Flavorist at IFF, you will contribute to creating great tasting products by working on some of the most exciting projects in the flavor and sweet products industry today.
How You Will Contribute
Key Accountability
- Work independently and within project teams by collaborating with other cross functional teams to develop winning flavors.
- Proactively evaluate new raw materials and assess potential for future use in creating new flavors.
- Collaborate with internal and external customers to provide insightful partnership and leverage trusting relationships.
- Demonstrate creativity and innovation in your everyday work maximize IFF technologies and provide innovative flavor solutions.
- Support, drive and lead the use of new technologies in flavor creations.
- Be a partner of choice to customers, both internal and external, via demonstrating technical expertise and creativity.
- Interface with manufacturing and operations or IFF functions as necessary to ensure a smooth bench to batch development and commercialization process.
Strategy & Business knowledge
- Interaction with key customers to understand requirements & build strong and trusted partnership.
- Strong understanding of global capabilities, effective global & regional network to leverage technical knowledge.
- Define gaps in product portfolio & technologies and takes creative efforts to meet consumer needs.
- Understand regional markets’ taste differences & preferences and create Flavors accordingly.
- Foster cross category collaboration and knowledge sharing to provide technical solutions to internal and external customers.
Presentation Skills
- Is effective in a variety of formal presentation settings(internal/external): one -on-one, small and large groups.
- Commands attention and can manage group process during the presentation.
Self-Development
- Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve himself/herself.
- Understands that different situations and levels may call for different skills and approaches.
- Deploys strengths to overcome weaknesses.
Job Requirements
What you will need to be successful
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably a Master’ degree in Food science, Food Technology, Chemical Engineering or any other relevant discipline.
- Minimum 5-6 years of experience in the Flavor Industry within a creative function.
- Solid understanding of Flavors Sweet Category and a strong emphasis on Flavor creation and applications, raw materials and chemical processes.
- Possess strong Flavor creation, innovation and development technical know-how in a B2B or B2C environment.
- Strong interest in evaluating new raw materials and assessing potential for future use in creating new flavors.
- Good in building strong customer relations and capable in leading sizeable technical projects.
- Possess flavor creation techniques with strong familiarity in Sweet products market trends.
- Comfortable working in a B2B environment with a positive, self-driven or results oriented attitude.
- Strong teamwork, customer orientation, project management, effective time management skills with proven ability to oversee all assigned projects and meeting deadlines are highly desirable.
Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, IN, 122001
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